He can't dance.
Not that anybody else can.
Showing posts with label Elvis. Costello - of course.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elvis. Costello - of course.. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
You Asked For It!
Back by popular demand: Elvis Versus the World. Well, maybe not by popular demand. And demand may be too strong a word. Whatever.
VS.
Elvis, in every album, every song and gosh darn it, almost every note, displays his emotional dictionary, from love and adoration through paranoid jealousy down to revenge and guilt.
Rod Stewart, in every album, every song and almost every note, displays his emotional repetoire: sad horny and happy horny, with nuances of wistful horny sometimes tossed in.
EC has been performing classics from the great American songbook since he was in short pants.
RS has been performing them since Divorce #47. Or was it Baby #62?
Delusions of Celteur: EC pretends to be Irish, RS is a wannabe Scot.
EC and RS both look iconically good in a suit. Worst fashion disaster: for EC, it has to be jeans. He looks like that kid at school, the you're-ugly-and-your-mother-dresses-you-funny kid; for RS, it was the 80's. In fact, I'm convinced he's used all his American songbook profits to buy up the photos, because I have scoured the internet and they just ain't out there anymore. But you know the ones I mean: the spandex, the boas, the pictures that just make you think of the stomach-pumping rumor all over again.
VS.
Elvis, in every album, every song and gosh darn it, almost every note, displays his emotional dictionary, from love and adoration through paranoid jealousy down to revenge and guilt.
Rod Stewart, in every album, every song and almost every note, displays his emotional repetoire: sad horny and happy horny, with nuances of wistful horny sometimes tossed in.
EC has been performing classics from the great American songbook since he was in short pants.
RS has been performing them since Divorce #47. Or was it Baby #62?
Delusions of Celteur: EC pretends to be Irish, RS is a wannabe Scot.
EC and RS both look iconically good in a suit. Worst fashion disaster: for EC, it has to be jeans. He looks like that kid at school, the you're-ugly-and-your-mother-dresses-you-funny kid; for RS, it was the 80's. In fact, I'm convinced he's used all his American songbook profits to buy up the photos, because I have scoured the internet and they just ain't out there anymore. But you know the ones I mean: the spandex, the boas, the pictures that just make you think of the stomach-pumping rumor all over again.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Elvis v. David Lee Roth
Costello, that is. Let's play!
Elvis radiates intelligence. David Lee Roth oozes sleaze.
Elvis has a 25+ year career. DLR used to be in Van Halen, and they asked him to leave. twice.
Elvis has a receding hairline with a tasteful cut. DLR has a receded hairline and stole Courtney Love's extensions.
Elvis wears black suits with snappy ties. DLR wears spandex animal prints.
Elvis covered My Funny Valentine. DLR covered Just A Gigolo.
Elvis is UCLA's first Artist-in-Residence. DLR is Howard Stern's replacement.
Elvis has worked with Paul McCartney, Burt Bacarach, Lucinda Williams and Chrissy Hynde, amongst others. DLR used to be in Van Halen. and was asked to leave. twice.
Elvis was on a Simpsons episode. DLR was a Behind The Music episode
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